It is now becoming increasingly clear that Tehelka is running a motivated political campaign against the BJP and Narendra Modi in Gujarat. Nitin over at the Acorn in a two piece series of articles has ripped apart Tehelka%u2019s selective culling of facts to draw dubious conclusions on public health and poverty alleviation in Gujarat. We also had Kishore Asthana in a guest post on INI highlight how Tehelka deliberately misleads on Godhra in its 3rd Nov issue with headlines like %u201Cdiabolical lie%u201D.
Tehelka has clearly failed to mobilize the rest of the mainstream media to rally behind it. This becomes evident from the desperate attempts to defend its expose first from within its ranks and now from friends in the Outlook. This time it is Mahesh Peri, publisher of the Outlook Magazine writing in The Rediff in defense of the questionable expose on the Gujarat riots
Offstumped poses the following questions to Mr. Peri with specific references to his article in this open letter.
Dear Mr. Peri
You accuse the average Indian of being immune to tragedy, death and human suffering and not speaking out.
Well Mr. Peri, this average Indian is also not immune to deceit, subterfuge and disingenuous arguments.
This average Indian is speaking out to pose the following questions to you on Tehelka%u2019s credentials and your disingenuous defense of Tehelka.
You claim to know Tarun Tejpal and Aniruddha Bahal well and to you that is reason enough to not question the sting. So if yo
